listography: Sei Shonagon

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Diarist, poet and court lady serving Her Imperial Majesty Sadako.

The first man who sneezes on New Year's Day.
A man who has helped his son gain the position of Chamberlain amidst stiff competition.
A young man chosen out of a few candidates to be son-in-law.

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A woman who has removed her extensions to comb the remaining hair she has.
A man with no status scolding staff.
The retreating figure of a defeated sumo wrestler.
A woman, upset with her husband, leaves home. She thinks he will go looking for her, but he doesn't and remains indifferent. She eventually goes home.

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A sword with a decorated scabbard.
Grain of the wood in a Buddhist statue.
Chamberlain of the Sixth Rank: despite his low position he dresses so sharply (yellowish-green robes!)

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A thief who creeps into a house, hiding in a corner only to see that someone from the household snuck in to take something. Must be nice to see someone who has the same thieving nature.
Priests overhearing young women gossiping about others.
When a man, who with a woman he does not like very much, leads her on.
When a man who has seduced a helpless Court Lady and gotten her pregnant, abandons her.

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A dog howling in the day.
A scholar whose wife keeps giving birth to daughters.
A letter comes from out of town but there is no present that comes with it.
A red plum-blossom dress in the Third and Fourth Months.
And the worst of all: A woman expecting a visitor late at night, but the maid announces that the guest is someone quite unfamiliar.

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